October 31, 2022

PEOPLE AND CULTURE

Cisco in step to support cerebral palsy. Raises $20,000+ through STEPtember

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Every 20 hours, an Australian child is diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy is the most common lifelong physical disability in the world, affecting 18 million people worldwide. It’s caused by damage to the developing brain during pregnancy, birth, or shortly after birth, and it directly…

October 31, 2022

PEOPLE AND CULTURE

From good to great: Helping talented people shine with the ‘Emerging Talent’ group

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‘Emerging Talent’ is a community within Cisco focused on supporting people’s career journeys, with particularly focus on helping them shine and unlock their goals. One of the first questions we get asked when someone joins, or is interested in joining, is: ‘what is the group and where did it ‘emerge’…

October 27, 2022

SERVICE PROVIDERS

Cisco Helps SoftBank Corp. Build a More Sustainable Internet for the Future in Japan

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Japanese | English News Summary Softbank Corp. deploys Cisco pluggable optical transceivers in its metro area network to support 4G/5G, enterprise, and broadband services. Cisco and SoftBank are longstanding partners who have been collaborating to deploy state-of-the-art network architectures…

October 27, 2022

PRESS KIT

Cisco Study: Kiwi employees say hybrid work makes them happier & more productive, but more needs to be done

6 min read

Cisco Study: Kiwi employees say hybrid work makes them happier & more productive, but more needs to be done to make it more inclusive and flexible 26 October 2022 | News summary  83.2% of New Zealand employees say the ability to work from anywhere has made them happier  63.2% of employees felt that…

October 25, 2022

NETWORKING

SD-WAN: The new-age network for organizations living in the new-normal

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There’s been a significant shift in how organizations operate. They’ve migrated to the cloud, adopted a multitude of SaaS applications, and the life of their data extends beyond their data centers. Having seen success with ‘working from home’, these organizations are preparing a ‘return to work’…

October 21, 2022

NETWORKING

Cisco, JTOWER, MKI, and Airspan Successfully Conduct Open RAN Trial

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Japanese | English Deploying Local 5G with in-Building Infrastructure Sharing News Summary: Industry leaders Cisco, JTOWER, MKI, and Airspan collaborate to enable sustainable network management with an Open RAN trial environment to deploy local 5G with in-building infrastructure sharing.…

Cisco and the University of Canberra establish a National Cybersecurity Partnership

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Improving Australia’s cybersecurity resilience is the aim of a new partnership between global technology company Cisco and the University of Canberra. The partnership includes: The establishment of Innovation Central Canberra – a hub for industry and government to validate cybersecurity…

October 18, 2022

MANUFACTURING

EV makers need new-age, technology-first manufacturing solutions

3 min read

From the outside, an electric vehicle (EV) looks just like a gas-powered vehicle. But it’s not. Under the chassis, there are differences – an electric car typically has lighter parts, uses no spark plug, and has no need for many of the heavy mechanical components typically found in a gas-powered vehicle.…

October 12, 2022

COLLABORATIONS

Fostering an inclusive hybrid work environment with the right collaboration tools and networking technologies

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It has been around two months since I’ve moved from Japan to Singapore and taking charge of the Small and Medium sized Businesses (SMB) Growth Office in APJC. Besides meeting my Singapore-based colleagues and getting used to the tropical climate, I have also witnessed first-hand the strong integration…